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empapel

I bought the red/white combo during a woot-off pre-christmas. The red is just okay. Worth it if you need to stock up your wine cellar (which I did,) but I wouldn't serve it to your more discerning guests.

MarkDaSpark

Bought this then, so I can skip it now. Although it is hard, since me likey it as an every day drinker. That is, if I drank every day.

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North316

TT/Inky, you may want to request a change to the offer description to add (12) to it. If I hadn't looked closely at the offering, I would have thought it was for 6 or 7 bottles, at no so great a price, since the picture only shows 7 bottles.

cortot20

North316 wrote:TT/Inky, you may want to request a change to the offer description to add (12) to it. If I hadn't looked closely at the offering, I would have thought it was for 6 or 7 bottles, at no so great a price, since the picture only shows 7 bottles.

lloydrj

Also, thank you to Clif - they did replace the missing white with a bottle of white AND a bottle of red.

ORIGINAL POSTING:

I bought the mixed Clif case from a previous WOOT offering.

Play the Lotto and order from CLIF !!! If you have a problem, Clif Wineries will likely ignore you. I only got 11 bottles in the case (one white missing) and it has been months and still no action by the winery. I contacted WOOT CS twice and was promised a replacement bottle - but I have not yet got one!!! I blame Clif NOT WOOT. Emails to this winery were ignored.

Winedavid39

North316 wrote:TT/Inky, you may want to request a change to the offer description to add (12) to it. If I hadn't looked closely at the offering, I would have thought it was for 6 or 7 bottles, at no so great a price, since the picture only shows 7 bottles.

ThunderThighs

Play the Lotto and order from CLIF !!! If you have a problem, Clif Wineries will likely ignore you. I only got 11 bottles in the case (one white missing) and it has been months and still no action by the winery. I contacted WOOT CS twice and was promised a replacement bottle - but I have not yet got one!!! I blame Clif NOT WOOT. Emails to this winery were ignored.

So take your chances !!!!

Sorry for the problems with the order. Let me ping CS and see if that helps.

UPDATE: Your replacement is set for delivery tomorrow. If you didn't get the tracking email (probably around 2/1), check your spam folder.

Play the Lotto and order from CLIF !!! If you have a problem, Clif Wineries will likely ignore you. I only got 11 bottles in the case (one white missing) and it has been months and still no action by the winery. I contacted WOOT CS twice and was promised a replacement bottle - but I have not yet got one!!! I blame Clif NOT WOOT. Emails to this winery were ignored.

lloydrj

ThunderThighs wrote:Sorry for the problems with the order. Let me ping CS and see if that helps.

UPDATE: Your replacement is set for delivery tomorrow. If you didn't get the tracking email (probably around 2/1), check your spam folder.

WOW !!!!! Just a couple of minutes after your post - the FEDEX truck arrived with my wine. I can't find the tracking email - just very happy the wine arrived. I will edit my posting with the good news.

fredrinaldi

SmilingBoognish

I've ordered a few cases of this wine over the years from Woot, although not this particular vintage. It was never amazing, but always very drinkable. A solid choice for Tuesday night or used for sangria. Be warned, at least in previous vintages, this wine throws off a LOT of sediment. Not a bad thing, but one should be careful when pouring and consider storing upright before opening and pouring carefully into a decanter before drinking.

matthewklahn

Had an earlier red blend (Climber 2006), and it was undrinkable. I didn't even want to cook with it; it actually went down the drain. Not corked, but just very, very bad. I don't recall enough of the 2-3 swallows i could manage to say much by way of details, unfortunately. Those of you getting cases: I hope this vintage is better. For those thinking about this, maybe think closely before investing in 2 cases...

andreaserben

matthewklahn wrote:Had an earlier red blend (Climber 2006), and it was undrinkable. I didn't even want to cook with it; it actually went down the drain. Not corked, but just very, very bad
...

I bought this on a previous woot in the mixed case and it was "OK". btw. cannot be corked because it is screw-top

That being said - for me it compares to $5-$8 dollar wines you could find at a Trader Joes (some of which are actually decent). Nothing extremely yummy, not a "3 buck chuck" either, but in the line of very-budget wines.
(For me many of the $8-$16 wines at TJ are way better.)

For me the purchase did not work, since I expected more.

For prospective buyers: It is possible that I just did not like this individual blend and you feel completely different about this.

funbunny

matthewklahn wrote:Had an earlier red blend (Climber 2006), and it was undrinkable. I didn't even want to cook with it; it actually went down the drain. Not corked, but just very, very bad. I don't recall enough of the 2-3 swallows i could manage to say much by way of details, unfortunately. Those of you getting cases: I hope this vintage is better. For those thinking about this, maybe think closely before investing in 2 cases...

Can we get specifics as to why it was bad in your opinion? Bad taste, nose, shrunken heads in the bottle? I like to know specifically why people like or don't like a wine to get a better feel for how I would judge the wine.

kraxberger

losthighwayz wrote:Any notes to share? Price looks great but I am no a fan of mass produced wines like menage a troisi etc that taste generic, oaked, and boring. Thanks

The Climber is, IMHO, substantially better than the Cab offering earlier - or maybe the stuff they put in a bag is a worse product than in the bottle. At any rate, this is one of my wife's favorites, and she has quite the discerning pallet!

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